pete "on the street" o'neal captured this exclusive video of firefighters racing to the scene for the rescue. it happened before 1:00 this morning on sheldon avenue in northeast baltimore. the two teens were sitting on the stoop, smelled a strong odor of smoke. that's when they raced upstairs and tried to help. it was crazy, man, i thought we were going to die, man. i know the lady and i couldn't even recognize her, how burnt she was. >> reporter: the teens became instant neighborhood heroes. several girls came up and gave mony hawks a hug for what he and his friend nick did to help save the woman. meanwhile, nick suffered smoke inhalation during the rescue. one firefighter suffered minor injuries. as for the woman, she suffered some pretty bad burns and medics had to take her to the burn center. ? the student -- in the studio, linda so, abc2 news. >>> a man accused of dousing his grandmother with alcohol and setting her on fire now charged with first degree murder. police say tyron mason attacked 85-year-old ethel hebderson on her home in poplar grove street in west baltimore in marc

abc2 news photo journalist pete "on the street" o'neal has more. >> i think it's especially poe stories but also poems. touched this special side of literature, something people think is the dark side but actually i think it's very important side where fantasy takes its true deep meaning. >> my mother started my fascination with poe. she gave me poe when i was about 6, she gave me my first complete tales. we started reading it. then, as i got into college i knew that i wanted to start teaching and i wanted to focus on something so i could become an expert and i picked poe because he's always been in my life and i just love him. >> i've been reading poe since i was about 13, my stepfather first read the raven to me when i was about 13. ever since then i've been intrigued. >> respite, respite and repent from my memories of lenore. forget the lost lenore. both the raven, nevermore. >>> i'll try to recover after that. 5:50 this morning. 48 degrees in baltimore. we've got clear skies, we've got relatively light winds compared to yesterday but still a little breezy and we're going to have the

pete "on the street" o'neal got this video. of firefighters racing to the scene. it happened before 1:00 this morning in northwest baltimore. the two teens on the stoop smelled a strong odor of smoke. that's when they raced up the stairs and tried to help. >> the lady was coming outside saying my mother's upstairs in the bedroom on fire. so we ran upstairs. we tried to put the fire out with clothes and a sheet. we dragged her down the steps. then the firemen came. >> reporter: one teen became an instant neighborhood hero. several girls gave mony hawks a hug for what he and his friend nick did to save a woman. they suffered smoke inhalation during the rescue. one firefighter suffered minor injuries. the investigation is ongoing. the woman suffered pretty bad burns and she was taken to the burn center. in the studio, linda so, abc2 news. >>> 5:01. here's a story you'll only see on abc2 news. sources tell us that our -- sources tell our overnight photographer pete "on the street" o'neill a woman turned the tables on her would-be attacker. police say at midnight a man

that's got to hurt. >>> lastly, shaquille o'neal is looking to continue his career as an officer.ow he's playing for the cavs, the local sheriff's office says he applied to become a special deputy. he would carry a gun and make arrests but not be paid. can you imagine being arrested by shaq? >> he's done this before in almost all the cities he played in, right? >> in arizona, florida and even virginia where he didn't play. >> he just did it. thank you. >>> the u.s. surgeon general says she wants to be america's doctor. dr. regina benjamin got the job yesterday. she is a family physician in alabama and made headlines for rebuilding a rural health clinic after creek. she was also the first african-american woman to run a state medical society. >>> actor dennis hopper is battling prostate cancer. his manager wouldn't talk about his prognosis or his condition, but he said that the actor is going through a special treatment program at the university of southern california. he's best known for the 1969 biker flick "easy rider." right now hopper stars in a cable series based on "crash."

pete "on the street" o'neal captured exclusive video of the firefighters racing to the scene to help save the woman. it happened just before 1:00 this morning on sheldon avenue in northeast baltimore. the two teens were sitting on the stoop, smelled a strong odor of smoke. then had he -- then they raced up the stepdaughters and tried to help. >> -- they raced up the stairs and tried to help. >> she was too hot. we couldn't pick her up. we had to put the fire out first to get her down the steps. >> the teens became instant neighborhood heroes. several girls came up and gave hawks a hug for what he and his friend nick did to help save the woman. nick suffered smoke inhalation and had to be taken to the hospital. one firefighter suffered minor injuries. investigators are still working on the cause of the fire. the woman suffered some pretty bad burns and medics had to take her to the burn center. in the studio, linda so, abc2 news. >>> another abc2 news exclusive -- a man and woman are in the hospital this morning recovering from a stabbing. the man tried to attack the woman and she fou

pete "on the street" o'neal captured this exclusive video of firefighters racing to the scene to helpe the woman. it happened just before 1:00 this morning on sheldon avenue in northeast baltimore. the two teens were sitting on the stoop when they smelled a strong odor of smoke. that's when they raced up the stairs and tried to help. >> we went upstairs and opened the door, fire started to coming out the door. she was on fire, the bed was on fire. everything was on fire. >> reporter: the teens became instant neighborhood heroes. several girls came up and gave mony hawks a hug for what he and his friend nick did to save the woman. nick suffered some smoke inhalation and had to be taken to the hospital. a firefighter suffered minor injuries. investigators are still working on the cause of the fire. the woman suffered pretty bad burns and medics took her to the burn center. in the studio, linda so, abc2 news. >>> another daring rescue this one in the bronx. a young boy is alive thanks to the kindness of that stranger carrying his body, the boy was unconscious, it happened when the buildi

. >>> speaking of the nba, shaquille o'neal continuing his plea to become an officer.ied to become a special deputy, gets to carry a gun and make arrests, but not be paid. >> he's done it before. >> in arizona and florida and now cleveland. >>> here are some of the stories we're already watching. at 11:30 a.m. eastern, melissa huckabee will be in a california courtroom, charged with kidnapping and killing of an 8-year-old california girl. police found sandra cantu's body in a suitcase in april. >>> at 11:30, treasury secretary tim geithner will be in chicago to announce a multi billion dollar community project to help spur growth in communities. >>> has an airline ever lost your luggage? you have to see how one passenger singing the blues after what happened to his precious guitar. this is an update. it's an old story. but we've got an update.

ryan o'neal. >> i think that would be healthy. >> you could turn into a lesbian, that type of affair with your husband. if someone goes into my bank account, i am down with the girls. >> i'm cathy ormon. >> we will be right back with the real cathy griffin, or will we? find out what i mean when we return. >>> back with a woman who has a tongue that could cut you. you had plastic surgery that almost killed you. >> yes. by the way, i call it dental work. that is my code. i think a few of the desperate housewives have been to the dentist a couple times. i think everyone has been to the dentist. there is somebody on "the hills" that has like lip plumping. >> it doesn't have to do with age anymore. now people have to look exactly how everybody else looks. you had a little problem with plastic surgery and then you did it again. why did you do it again? you almost died from it? 3 >> because i am insecure and i want to be better. i would like to be jennifer aniston. >> you will not be jennifer aniston. >> why? >> because then my life would be better. >> why, you think she is so so happy? >>

ryan o'neal. are you interested in him? >> i think that would be very healthy. or lana stewart. >> you could turn into a lesbian, that type of affair with your husband. if someone goes into my bank account, i am down with the girls. >> i'm cathy ormon. >> we will be right back with the real kathy griffin, or will we? find out what i mean when we return. >>> earlier this week, i had a chance to talk to bette midler who made history as johnny carson's last guest. ♪ long road >> one of great moments in television. now she is my first guest. here is hoping the magic continues. bette midler, thank you, honey, for coming on this show. it sort of tears us up when we see that, doesn't it? >> maybe you. for me, i am all smiles. once in a while, i get misty-eyed. he was a wonderful guy. he did so much for me. so much for so many people that i know. >> not me. i never got on his show. >> that's too damn bad. maybe you didn't deserve to get on -- >> who cares. i am sorry he is dead and everything. >> here you have a show of your own. congratulations. >> let's not talk about

i was just going to send one to shaquille o'neal. >> he likes to tweet. what are you going to say to him? >> i'm going to see what he thinks about the ban. see if he answers me. >> it's not just the players. dallas mavericks owner, mark cuban, was fined in march for tweeting. >> they've been talking about coaches coming back or not coming back. >> that's the point. what people like about what we tweet, is they're getting inside what they see on television. to get inside the game, would corrupt betting and that kind of stuff. i understand the caution. >> what's your -- >> no, no. i have not been tweeting this morning yet. yeah. i'll hear abouthat. >> can i take your picture? i'll put that up. >> all right. >>> there's some dusty conditions out there. >> this was a powerful storm that created mountain snow. and dust storms from colorado into nevada. we're going to show you pictures around i-70, in colorado, bethune, colorado. it can cause serious accidents, just like fog. you can't see. but in this case, there were no accidents. there were no injuries. just

i have a scene in my book where he's extolling the strategy of stan o'neal of taking risk.problem and the fact that he brought the deal to b of a which so far has not worked out well. i think those are two major strikes against greg fleming getting that job. that said, auto he is a brilliant investment banker. no one has better contacts than him, but bringing him to b of a right now, based on those are two huge strikes. it sounds nearly impossible. >> you've got a message on your cell phone, charlie. >> go listen to it. >> it's probably him. >> coming up next, the coke ceo comes out swinging. he rips the idea of slapping extra taxes on high food and drink. >> do we need more exercise or more taxes to discourage unhealthy habits. >>> nearly one-third of americans suffer from chronic lower back pain. one of the most expensive nonfatal conditions. 12 million new patients seek treatment each and every year. >> i couldn't really work and move and had a hard time sleeping. it got so bad that i couldn't even drive. >> david is a small business owner who lives pain free following a

treatment because he's a wealthy guy living in the same neighborhood as tiger woods and shaquille o'neal? get this. listen to him complaining that the jail isn't the ritz hotel. >> believe me, i'm not here in the ritz. room. >> such a lifestyle change for you. i can only imagine. >> this place hasn't been cleaned in i can't tell you when. >> well, i'll definitely get on housekeeping for that. i'll call housekeeping now for sure and have them put a mint on your pillow, too. okay? >> why isn't he held on no bail? >> the bottom line is, there's a lot of factors for the court to consider. if he's had no contact with law enforcement, he's tied to the community. every tom, dick and harry came to court to talk on his behalf. people are never going to be afraid of him and all these things in consideration. the judge looks at that. >> i think he's a flight risk on top of everything else because he has money problems, even though he's rich. many rich people declare brupgs. he's one of those. stay where you are. we're going to have more on accused murderer back home in his mansion after the break.

they are a team like they were when they had o'neal and all of the team guys. yeah, they are. >> and democrats are debating on health care, that's what that reminds me of. >> yeah, and we are going to win the series. >> you are having fun debating the public option? >> i think so. here is how you have to look at it. the overwhelming majority of the democrats in the senate are for it. whether we get it or not, there are a number of xcompromises. if you have a conference committee where the house has it strongly, almost rock solid in their bill, and the senate, we could have it in the bill, and then it's done. if we don't have it in the bill, there are 54 and 55, 56 democrats for it. >> the 13-10 vote that you lost. weren't you surprise? >> no. i said you guys don't read the newspapers. i said the day before we are not going to win it, and this is the toughest terrain of all of them. in fact, i was happy because we got the two moderates that we were sure we wouldn't get. bill nelson. max baucus to his credit said i am waiting 60 votes to support it, and he is for

ryan o'neal. people like are that available. >> i think that would be healthy. >> you could turn into a lesbian, that type of affair with your husband. if someone goes into my bank account, i am down with the girls. >> say hello to kathy. >> we'll be back. >>> back with a woman who has a tongue that could cut you. speaking of cutting, you had plastic surgery that almost killed you. >> i call it dental work. that is my code. >> why? >> in hollywood. that's what they say. a few of the desperate housewives have been to the dentist. a couple times. i think everyone has been to the dentist. there is somebody on the hills that has like lip plumping. everyone goes to the deputyist. >> it doesn't have to do with age. now people have to look exactly how everybody else looks. you had a little problem with plastic surgery and then you did it again. why did you do it again? you almost died from it. >> because i am insecure and i want to be better. i would lake to be jennifer aniston. >> you will not be jennif

. >> why not go after stan o'neal, a lot of other folks, chuck prince, who walked away with huge, hugeuses and a lot of people think were actually ig abouter parts of the problem. >> we're looking at all of this, the bonus system. we feel there's definitely something wrong. we want to continue to look. no one is saying anything. >> congressman, don't get me wrong here. i'm the one who covers this stuff. i watched all of that hearing we talked about earlier. if there's some charge there, i'm happy to come on and report it. not happy but that's my job here. i just want to know, is the idea ken lewis stepped up and bought a company and that helped the country and something he wanted to do as well. then he found out later the losses were bigger and went to move away from that deal. and the feeling on the part of regulator regulators. that's my understanding of the story and i don't know anything to contradict that at this point. >> i think the story is the fact they got the $12 billion in the shortfall from merrill lynch. the point is how do you get from $12 billion to $20 billion. so ther

>>> shaquille o'neal is looking to continue his career. a local sheriff's office says he applied to be a special deputy. can you imagine getting arrested by him natasha? >> can he run fast? i don't know. >> it doesn't matters. if he says "freeze," you freeze. >>> a couple guys from florida are dressing up as i phones for halloween, but check this out. their costumes actually work. the flat-screen tvs display searching, texts and anything else you would find. each guy costume costs $1,000. they're hoping prize money will help make up for that. >>> a couple accused burglars could -- police say their homemade disguises are actually what gave them away. >>> as many as nine people are missing off the coast of california right now. they disappeared last night in a crash between a coast guard plane and a marine corps helicopter. the coast guard plane was on a search-and-rescue mission for a missing person. the chopper was on a training mission. the navy and coast guard searched all night long and say they're going to keeping searching this mornin

so let's bring in tom o'neal of "intouch weekly" to talk about the controversy. tom, who in the family is upset? be honest. they haven't seen the entire thing. almost nobody has. >> right. as a matter of fact, those of us in the media won't get to see it until a few hours before it opens tomorrow night. they're keeping this under wraps. there are quotes in it british press la toya and joe jackson suspect body doubles were used in this. however, the family is solidly behind this project. they're going to be at the debuts at the nokia theater in los angeles on wednesday and i believe even joe may be participating in some of thesish but the fans richelle, they saying this is not it and set up a website called "this is not it" dotcom. claiming the big mystery, could she have done these concerts? the people behind it showing robust healthy vigorous michael. well, was that really the case? >> the question is, though would fans -- if the fans say that, some family members say, he couldn't have pulled this off, would they want to see michael at his worst? wouldn't they b